The Times of India is reporting s significant drop in the number of adoptions from that country, saying that both domestic and international adoptions have seen a reduction of almost 40 percent between 2001 and 2003.

A recent report is cited that researched information collected from more than twenty-two countries that have added internationally adopted children to families of citizens and found that only 0.034%... more

After banning adoptions from India in June of this year, Demark has shifted course and is now again allowing its citizens to adopt Indian children.

After a media-festooned frenzy over allegations from a man claiming to have put his kids in an orphanage "temporarily", then supposedly being devastated to learn that they'd been adopted by Danes and whooping and hollering and generally raising a ruckus, the Danish program slammed shut.

Now those claims have apparently... more

As domestic adoption slowing gains popularity in India, stories and information designed to share and educate are appearing more often in the Indian media.

This on easing the process for adopted children is one example of how attitudes are changing in the country, and how some are trying to pave the way for more and smoother transitions.

President of the Voluntary Adoption Resource Agency and adoptive mother, Vinita Bhargava,... more

I've been writing about India, its children, India international adoptions, Indian adoption laws, problems and more for a long time now. Over the past year-and-a-half-plus, I've posted on the nuts and bolts of the system, child labor, female infanticide... more

A state-level orientation program on adoption was held recently in Lucknow, India, with the aim of increasing awareness locally on the issues of adoption in that country.

Domestic Indian adoptions continue to lack popularity, with most people determined to avoid adopting a child.

Also on the agenda, uniformity in adoption rules to remove much of what can be cumbersome when the many religions in the country approach the process.

Also... more

Continuing to follow changes to India's adoption program I've been writing about for a while now, India adoptions authority, the Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA) has submitted a draft of amended adoption guidelines to the Ministry for Women and Child Development.

The "Guidelines on Adoption of Indian Children Without Parental Care -- 2007" proposes changes... more

Continued from the previous post, where we were talking about orphans in Kashmire, and how help sometimes doesn't look like that to everyone.

There's the Marriage of Poor and Orphan Girls Foundation:

Foundation provides financial help to orphan and poor girls for conducting their marriages and shares their financial woes and worries. These marriages are conducted with simplicity, grace and accordingly to Islamic... more

A report today out of India ... not new information, but showing up this morning, nonetheless ... on the plight of orphans around the Kashmir region is reminding me of much of what prompted the series I did a couple of days back that began with Iraq and moved on from there.

A... more

Continued from here, where we were looking at possible changes in adoption from India.

It is beginning to appear that serious efforts to improve the likelihood of international adoption for some Indian children may be in the works. Cara's website (India's Central Adoption Resource Agency) was redesigned for ease of use, and work was beginning on efforts... more

Waves of often contradictory and confusing adoption-related news have been emanating from India over the past couple of months, making getting a handle on the situation there very difficult. For as long as I've been part of the international adoption world, adoption from India has been presented as problematic for non-Indians. Some in the country have even gone on record as being completely against foreigners ever raising Indian children.

Yes, there are those who've adopted from India on the ... more